The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-07-12

carefully examining every foot of its
accessible surface. He consulted con-
stantly during his search q small dia-
gram made up of puzzling lines.
lone day, in remote recess which
he discovered, and whose entrance had
apparently been concealed for ages. he
closely examined the walls, and on one
of them found some mysterious charac-
tiers. The moment ne saw these he
commenced minute inspection of the
floor, in one corner of which. after q
long examination, he found imbedded
i'm the stone an iron ring"
To make the story brief, he said that
the old man discovered narrow stone
stairway beneath the stone in which
the iron ring was fixed. and at the bot
tom a small apartment in which was a
chest from which he took metal plate
engraved with hieroglyphics. This he
concealed about his person, and after
carefully replacing the stone and filling
up the entrance to the recess with rub
bish, he disappeared.
"Well, whatever became of him?" /
asked, land what was the mysterious
plate?"
He looked all around as if there
might be listener, and then whispered:
ut was a recipe of formula for the
making of gold"
"And the old man, what of him?"
"See here. let me tell you some
thing" and here his voice sank so low
as to be almost indistinguishable. "Up
in the peninsula Of Michigan, in place
surrounded for miles with rocks and
timber, there lives a man 80 old that
nobody can guess his age. He has
surely lived more than q hundred
years. He is entirely alone, and no
one, so far rs the world knows, has
ever visited him. Once year he ap-
pears at some point, purchases some
supplies, and then disappears. What
he buys he pays for in gold pieces-al-
ways twenty-dollar pieces, bright and
new. just like one of these" and he
pulled a handful of double-eagles from
the pocket of his trousers.
care these made by him?" asked.
Every one of Them" he replied, as
he tossed handful of them into the
sunshine, letting them fall in a shim-
mering cascade, whose golden waters
mingled with the green grass.
"Why, that is counterfeiting! isn't
it?"
mo. sir! There is no difference be-
tween these and those coined by the
Government. If they are exactly the
same, who is defrauded by their circu-
lation? No one"
still expressed some doubts as to
their being so like the Government
coinage that the difference, if any,
could not be detected.
wait till tomorrow, and / will con-
vince you" was the answer.
The next day he purchased tickets to
Battle Greek and We went to the place
on the first train. We first went into
shoe store where ne purchased pair
of shoes, and in payment threw down
double eagle. The proprietor took it
and gave him the proper change with
out any hesitation. "He may not be a
Judge of conn.," said after We left the
store.
swell, let us try some one that is an
expert" We entered a bank and he
threw several of the pieces on the
counter and said:
please give me change for one OF
these, and be good enough to examine
them closely, as L have reason to sus-
pect they may be bogus"
1.-The banker weighed them and then
applied an acid test. They are all
right" he said, "and if you are afraid
of them 1 will take all you have of
your hands and give you currency in
their place"
mo, thank You. 1 only wished to
be satisfied they are good"
was astounded and convinced that
the money was as good as the genuine.
And now a new phase in the conduct
of my associate was developed. AT
first he began to enlarge on the splen-
doris of career with illimitable wealth
at ones command. And then he adj
vanced a step. and suggested that we
should obtain some of this gold, and
then 60 our way through the world re-
joicing. He was in a position to OBJ
tain all that We required at a mere
song. 1 had told him about the piano.
rama venture, and he proposed that
we should redeem it. purchase awagon
and horses and go through the coun-
try. ostensibly giving panoramic exhi-
billions, but in reality distributing the
coin.
81 tell you," he said. II know how
we can carry all the gold we want.
We will bore full of holes the bar that
crosses under the box and fill the holes